Clasp-suspender for trousers and the like



W. P. HILL AND A. B. SMITH.

CLASP SUSPENDER FOR TROUSERS AND THE LIKE.

APPUCATION FILED OCLZB, I918.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

WILIQIAM r. HILL swarm n; sivi'rrr-t; as ea. Lom mss aanis m sivrrtrniassrenonj on ALL rs Me er 'IO ononen a."sal nen-rmien t, oF's'r. Lou s, Missouri;-

, To all whom it may concern."-

..,Be-it' known that we, WILLIAM P. HILL 1 and ALVA B; SMITH, citizens eofithe United certain newand useful Clasp-Suspender for States,-,residing atthe city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have jointly invented a Trousersand the like, of which the follow.-

. ingis a specification, reference being hadto' the accompanying drawing, forming a supporting devices and, more particularly,

to a Certain new and useful so-called claspsuspender for trousers and the l1ke,the ch1ef object of our present: invention being to provide a simple, inexpenswe, and durable clasp which is readily operatively attach-v able tothe shirt or other garment and to ourinvention resides-in certain novel -fea-, tures of form, construction, arrangement,

' and from which a trouser-button may be.

- gaged, and which will hold the trousers up easily and conveniently engaged and disenand the shirt or other garrnent down in an eflicient,neat-"manner affording comfort and 'freedolnof inoveinentto the body. I e

With theabove and other objects new,

and combination of parts, all as will herein} after he described ,and' afterward pointed out in the claims. .j a f In the accompanying drawing,

- Figuresl and2 ar pictorial vlews of the;

clasp in connection with a worm; shirt and trousers showing the body In different-positions of act1v1ty;,

Figs.:3 and 4; are plan and side 'elevational 1 views, respectively, of one ofthe so-called femaleinernber of the clasp; 7 r

Figs. 5 and '6 are side elevatlonal and edge views, respectively, of the other or socalled male member of the clasp; and

1 Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional viewtaken approximately ontheline Z7-, Fig. 1.

As shown" in the accompanying drawing,

our new clasp-suspender comprises two cooperating members A andB, both of which are preferably of suitable metall o niaterial,

- such as, for instance,-alu1ninuni;

:Member .A is in-the form of a relatively small generally fiat plate 1 preferably. for appearance neatly rounded} at its side edges, as-at 2-2. +Approxiinately centrally within its {area andfrom the upperor top :edge'jof onAsr-snsrnn'nnit ron 'rnonsnns nrin 'I'I -IE LI the plate downwardly to adjacent the or bottom edge of the plate, the i'netalofthe plate lis die-pressed'or otherwise nianipulated out of the general fiat' plane of the plate to form 01?;{31Qifld6 upon one or "the fspcme afisn of L'ettersP-atentf W Patented Ma1f., 1 92( )i i l Application fi1ed'0ct0ber-28, 19,18. Serial N0. 26( ),01 6. J

outer side of the plate-ea substantially -lJ- Y shaped embossnient, as at.3,- ha ving itsbight presenteddownwardly, and up'on the, re'' verse; or inn'er sidejof th.e ;plate an 'corre spondingly substantially U-shaped .deprese sion, as at fl, adapted, whentheclasp is upon I I a shirt, to form or]v provide what I mayv descriptively term' a pocket for-neatly accom lnodatlng a trouser-button, Thenietal' of plate at its side einbossnientg is cut away from: the upper orftop edgefof the plate downwardly for a suitable distance to provide' that portion" .oflthe plate 1 forming the wall ofgsaid button-receiving pocket l with i v a verticallyfdisposedslot 5 openat. its upper end, the slot 5 being Ofsuitable depth and being adapted to acconnnodate the securing thread of the trouser-button. .To eachjside of the elnbossn ent 3, theeinetal of plate 1 is v further cut away, as" seen particularly. in I Fig 4;, to provide vertically disposedrelativelyshort parallel slots 66, each ofwhich is formed at its lower end with .a communi catingenlargeinent",7. .Nearits lower edge,

beneath the enlbossment 8 and approXi- 5 mately in. alineinent with the open-end slot .5, the plate .1 is provided with snapon'enr J ber 8;hav1ng ,a spring-head 9 projecting outwardly beyondthe plane of. the inner face of theplate, as seen particularlyinjFig. 3.

j The: cooperating, or sol-fcalled inal'e Inenq ber B, is also'in the form of a flat plate 10- of: somewhat less width vertically than the plate 1, but otherwise'of dimensions corre sponding approximately with I the dimensions of plate 1 and also fora. similar purpose preferably rounded atitsopposite'side edges, as at 11 11; At its top" or-upper I edge, the plate 10 is forrnedwith a pair of I outer or-so-called frontffaee 'of plate 10, the heads 12 being connected :to the plate 10 by.

so-called heads-12 l2, which aresuitably spaced to correspond with the spacing'of the slots 6 6,-of plate 1 andwhich are :oflset. from, but which extend verticallyiin a plane approximatelyparallelswith the plane of the Y front face of the plate 10; a i seen especi ll] in Fig. 6. I The heads 12 have a width some what less than the u idth of the slQtenlarge- .ments 7' of plate ly but than the width oithe slots 6, the shanns'ltl being of reduced widthrelatively to the heads 1: 5 and *o'fa width to conven ently Fit and shde n the slots-6. Near its lower edgeand apron proximately centrally, the plate is pro vided with an aperture 14;, whereby plate 10 V is adapted, for purposes hereinafter appearthe olane of the slot-enlargements 7'. l i e V underplate 10 is then moved lll anarc 1ning for engagement by the spring head 9 or the snap-member 8 fixed on the plate 1;

In use orv operatlon, the material 05 the shirt or'other arment of the weareris folded over upon itself to provide asuitable fold, as at 15,-atasuitable point along approximatelythewaistof the wearer, and the fold 15 so provided is placed between the plates 1 and 10, the plates 1 and it) being disposed approximately flatwise relatively to each other with plate '10 outermost and its outerorfront face presented outwardly and with the heads 120i plate 10 slightly below The wardly to present the heads 12 at an angle to the slot-enlargements7. The plate-1O is then, While at an angle-'tothe plate hpres'sed outwardly relatively to theplate land the heads 12' forced into and-througi the slotei'ilargements 7, the heads 12 in such movewment carr" ins therewith parts of the'fold 153 7 approximately of the shirt. VVith the heads 12 and their 35 carried fold-parts in such position, the under plate 10 is moved in an arc outwardly to bring the plates 1 and 10 again. in approximate flatwise relation to each other,

and plate l O then forced upwardly relatively to the outer: plate 1, the shanks 13 in suzrh. movement traveling in the slots 6 and carrying therewith theheads l2 and the foldparts described, The plates land 10 then edges, the snap head ,9 is forced into its operating aperture 3.41 an d the plates land 10 thereby locked together and in firmly clasped a tachment upon the shirts With the plates 1 and 10 so attached as described upon the shirt,

the pocket 4. is conveniently accessible for engagement with, or disengagement from; a trouser-button, such as the button 16- illus trated in Fig. 1; the button 16 being con- "veniently slipped into or out of the pocket,

as may be desired by-the' wearer, and the slot 5 at all times conveniently accommodatin the button securing-thugad. r i

fOunnew suspender clasp may be inexpen sive-ly manufactured, is conveniently attachablein operative position upon ashirt, provides when upon the shirt a convenient means for quick and'easy attachment orfdeitachment lof trouser-supporting-button,

and Will lflOlCl the trousersup andt-he shirt down in a most simple and efiicientmanner re 'istering at their lower for accommodating without injury to the shirt and at-the same time ,aflording comfort and freedom of movement to the wearer. The clasp may be conveniently detached from the shirt whenever required bya reversal oi the'opcrations .above describe and 1t will, of course, be

understood that any number of the clas'ps may be used in connection with a shirt and user or wearer.

trousers as may be desired by anyparticular construction, arrangement, and combination of the several'parts of our new clasp-suspender may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described Without a' pair of plates, andcooperating mcans on operatively to the garment, said plates when W'eare aware that changesin the form, a

Clasp-suspender comprising, in combination,

the plates iorremova'bly attaching the plates so attached to the garment abutting sub stantially in fiatwise relation one to the other', one of the plates having an outwardly bulged portion providing the clasp with a pocket for receiving and retaining a trouser supporting button; said bulgedportion having a slot opening to an'edge of the-plate for accommodating the securlngthread of the button. 7 r

2. 'As a new article of manufacture, a clasp-Suspender comprising, in combination, a pair of-plates, cooperating means on the plates for removably attaching the plates operatively to the garment; said plates when so attached to the garment abutting sub stantially in flatwise relation one to the other, and additional cooperating means on the plates for detachably fastening the plates together when attached to theIgar-V v ment, one of the plates'having an outwardly bulged portion providing the clasp with a pocket for receiving and retaining a trousersupporting button, said bulged portion having a slot opening to an edge of the -plate the securing-thread of the button.

3. As a new articleof nanufacture, a

clasp-Suspender comprising, in combination, afirst plate provided with a pair ofspaced parallel slots each having an-enlargement at one end, a second plate provided with a pair of oifset correspondingly spaced head'- ed-members--hav1ng reduced shanks; said: 7

adapted as described for coiip'era'tive engagement wlth each other vand w th the garment in removably attaching the plates opera tively to the garment, said plates when so attacl'ied to the garment abutting substantially m flatwlse relationone to the other,

pair of members' andsaid pairof slots being and additional coiiperating meansl on the 1. slotopeningtenn edge 0ft11e'p1tefofacporting buttqn5wieaid bulged portion having-f plates for detachably fastening the plates" together when attached to the garment, one of the plates having an outwardly bulged portion providing the clasp'v'vith a pocket for'receiving and retaining a trouser-sup commodating the securing-threadfof the, button;

: names to-this specification. 7 V V I 7 I ,VVILLIAM'P. HILL.

1 ALVA B. "SMITH.

- t V v7.10 7 In testimony whereof; We havesigned our- 

